I took a turn into Disciples III and had a pretty good few hours. Maybe it's the fact that I got it many patches later, but the game seems to run good, no crashes or bugs, and it's pretty fun. I like seeing the return of all the old units, and the artwork/graphics are really good. One of the big complaints was the crit thing, and I've been pumping Agility/dex to take care of that right off the bat. There's a lot of crits going on, but as long as I can stay competitive w/ the agility/dex i think I'll be ok. I'm also using summons a lot. Making runes, and keeping Summon Golem spells on me for use in fights, drop a nice big golem right in the middle of their back line. Softening up enemies w/ spells before taking them on sometimes.

Enemy AI can be kinda dumb, but the enemy does seem to be using the battlefield "hotspots" at times, like the extra melee dmg / ranged dmg/ magic dmg. I'm fine w/ a kinda dumb enemy, I'd rather have that and have things skewed my direction a little instead of the exact opposite which takes place in Elven Legacy. That game's merciless!